Slicer



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL J. GILCHRIST, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SALICER.

srnorrrcnrron forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,175, dated iui 14, 1885.

' Application filed February 28, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL J. GILOHRIST, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Slicer, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved slicer which can easily and rapidly be adjusted to cut slices of any de sired thicknesses.

The invention consists in the combination, with a slide carrying a blade, of a board held to the slide by links and an angle-lever, and of a rod connected with the angle-lever, and by means of which the board can be moved a greater or less distance from the edge of the blade.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved slicer. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig.

3 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 00 m, Fig. 1. Fig. at is a cross-sectional plan View of the same on the line y y, Fig. 1.

The frame A is hinged on the base-board B, and can be folded down on the same, and is provided at top and bottom edges with the guides C for guiding a sliding frame, D, in which the diagonal or inclined blade E is secured. A board, F, having an inclined or bevel edge, G, is pivoted at its bottom edge .by the links H to the bottom piece of the frame A, and at its top edge by the angular link or lever J to the top piece of the frame D. A rod,.K, is pivoted to the outer end of the lever J, and is passed through a clip, K, on the outer surface of the frame or slide D. The rod K has a handle, K, and a pointer, L, or mark, and on the face of the slide D numbers or a scale are produced to show the distances the rod K must be moved. A handle, M, is secured on the slide D, and a stop-plate, N, is hinged to the top of the base 13, which stop can be swung up against the frame A, as shown.

If desired, apertures a may be provided at the graduations, and a stud or pin, 1), formed on the rod K to be passed into the said apertures.

E, the thickness of the slice being equal to V the distance between the edge of the blade E and the inner side of the board F. By varying this distance the. thickness of the slice is varied. E the rod K is pulled in theinver'se directionof the arrow a, whereby the angle-lever J is swung in the direction of the arrow b, and the board F moved'in the direction of the arrow 0. By moving the rod K in the direction of the arrow a the board F is moved toward the blade -that is, in the inverse direction of the arrow 0.

I do not confine myself to any special form of the frame or support, nor do I claim such any more than as a support for holding the material to be cut by the slicer.

H Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by- Letters Patent, is-

To move the board F from the blade 1. In a slicer, the combination, withaslide carrying a blade, of a board held by links on the said slide, an 'anglelever connected with the slide and board, and a rod connected with:

the said angle-lever, substantially as herein I shown and described.

2. In a slicer, the combination, with a slide carrying a blade, of the board F, the links H, the anglelever J, and the rod K, secured to the angle-lever resting against the outer surface of the slide and guided by the piece K, secured on the said slide, substantially as DANIEL J. GILGHRIST.

WVitnesses:

OSCAR F. Gunz, O. SnDewIoK. 

